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The Field Narrows

The presumption that the 2014 governor’s race is between Republican Atty. Gen. Greg Abbott and Democratic State Sen. Wendy Davis is just too tough...

Drying Up

For several years people in Granbury have been watching their beloved lake recede from its now-overgrown shoreline. Boats and jet skis that once floated...

Far From Home

You’ve done the crime, been caught, found guilty, and sent to a state prison. Your primary connection to the outside world is via visits...

Divisive Diversity

John Peter Smith Health Network officials didn’t take kindly to being characterized as ho-hum on minority hiring (“JPS Under Microscope,” Nov. 13, 2013). “JPS …...

Pinkish Black Lights Up

Even the family tree of band names reads like the cast of some creation myth culled from the collective human consciousness: Ohm was the...

An Impressive Record

TransCanada, the Canadian energy giant running the Keystone XL pipeline from Oklahoma to Port Arthur, has impressed Static several times over the last few...

A Trip to the Park

Edgar Regalado peers through the chain-link fence surrounding the new Bowie High School football stadium, hoping to catch a glimpse of his baseball hero....
Ross Fischer will help the Tarrant Regional Water District with open-records requests and ethics consultations. Courtesy Ross Fischer

More Open or More Obstructive?

Accusations of being secretive and working behind closed doors have dogged the Tarrant Regional Water District and its board of directors ever since they...

An Opus in Pianissimo

The Kimbell Art Museum building, designed by legendary architect Louis I. Kahn and opened in 1972, is one of the finest examples of Modern...

This Promise Unbroken

Last month, Static told you about how the long-running play The Promise was in danger of being shut down after 25 years. Somervell County...